Date: 07/05/2022

A former Metro boss has spoken of his pride at expanding the network to Sunderland, and has recounted the memorable day when the Queen visited Wearside to officially open the new line. Mike Parker, who was the Director General of Nexus for 12 years from 1994 to 2006, oversaw the £100m extension of the network to Sunderland, which was opened by Her Majesty in May 2002. Sunderlands Metro line is this week marking its 20th anniversary, having carried 138 million customer journeys over the last two decades.

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Pride at bringing Metro to Sunderland “ and memories of the Royal opening | nexus.org.uk

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The last time I visited Sunderland station it was in the open, albeit entirely surrounded by buildings. That was a long time ago though and the Metro had not reached it then. The much less frequent Northern diesels between Newcastle and Middlesbrough still use it however, sharing the Metro line for a few miles until just south of this station. They use separately numbered ends of the same platform here. A (Newcastle) Airport Metro service calls on 26 March 2019. The glass wall is backlit, slightly relieving the gloom.
Location: Sunderland
Company: Monkwearmouth to Sunderland and Ryhope Grange Line (North Eastern Railway)
26/03/2019 David Panton

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